Elevator or transfer device



Oct. 30, 1928.

L. E. PARKER ELEVATOR 0R TRANSFER DEVICE Filed Nov. 22, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 f bl..

' In/wantonl Oct. 30, 1928. l 1,689,839

| E. PARKER ELEVATOR OR TRANSFER DEVICE Filed Nov. 22, 1924 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Oct. 30, 1928. 1,689,839

L. E. PARKER ELEVATOR OR TRANSFER DEVICE Filed Nov. 22, 1924 s sheets-sheet a -yitrom a .box-.nlliiigand sliding machine and Intheac'companymg.draxvings'illustrating veyor p .level above that at transfer device including ,a lguidevvay` forin- Y' '.cfhc'ien't functioning of these pai-cs ,as I will `uof rig. 1.

Patented Oct. 30, 1928.

UNITED STATE-'S i .PATENT oF Fics.

OF WADSWORTH, OHIO, ACORPO'RATIQN 0F OHIO.

,minvmronfon TRANSFER DEVICE.

Application md 'Novemberjaa A1924. fseriaino. 751,607.

In 4.the .cop/endingapplication of LHarry .rl-Lahr and (Drlo E. Swartz, torconveyor mech-V an ism for match machines, v.filed v.November 8, .1924, 4Serial No. l748558, :(.patented August 21, 1928, No.' 1,681,8631)` tliere is'shoyvn an elevator for taking' filled iboxes of matches vtransferring' them theretrom' .to a .travelling conveyorfbelt from which .they are finally` discharged.toapackaging or wrapping machine or the like.; Yand .my .invention Vhereinafter de- -scribed .and .claimed relates to an :improvement onora modified {forinzof elevator .mech- .anisrn .which 'may Lbe "substituted for Vthat shown anddescribedin `the application above mentioned., Y y i Theobject of theinventicn lis .to provide a simple .and :efficient mechanism for elevating or .transferring .filled '.boXes of .matches from .a .box-filling andxsli'ding machinelto a conimechanisimorfthe .like,flocated. upon a which the filling .and sliding .machine dischanges,:.and .capable .ott 4func- '.tioning continuously, ,so long 'as 'boxes yof matches are supplied ltofit, 'to .elevateI said ,boxes with .a .step-by-step movement Which results .inatheirdischarge upon vaconveyor r .thellikeionezatatime.,d Y Thefinvention fcofnsists .in an elevator or 4.ing Aa v.chute Vor .shaft to: contain boxes ot imatches, or vthelike Lpackages' or articles, and ,through which .they'm ay'be.. moved,gand means .cooperating vwith this .guideway and `movable longitudinally .there0f, With an oscillatory stroke, ,for :advancing the 'b'oiies ofl matehes for .the like .progressively therein, .andin yariousideta'ils of censtruction forproducingme 'proceed now to .explain `and 'finally claim. l

the invention, .in the several figures of vvhich Vlike ,parts .are similarly des1gnated, -l5`igure 1 isa side.V elevation o thedevice of 'rnyfifnverty l, shown vm combmation; with tion, sameibeingV n i al 4 portion of a conveyor belt andjwith one bearing 'bracket removed. 'Fig'. "2 "is an end The operation :fot

vievv looking tothe right, 1. `Figi. Sis ali-.enlarged fragmentary longitudinal fcentral section ot a portion o'f theguideway` and segmental feed memberz Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of a portionv ofthe guideway and associated parts looking toward the left,fFig. 1.

Fig. -is an enlarged section taken on the line Vfree offjar. e 4 y HVOsfcillatory movement is Vimpartedfto the `from any suitable source ot power, suehas The device comprisesfa guideway or .shaft composed of.. a plurality of Vlongitudinally arranged bars l, forming its sides and top .and bottom, and this'guideway extendsiln a curve or arc from a point 2 at which filled bones of matchestare fed .to it trom a 'boxffilling and sliding machine, 4not shown, to a point f3 Where Vit ,isy continued .in astraig'lit extension which rises Lto the height desired and-is thengiven a reverse bend at 3to Aform a discharge outlet 4, out of which the boxes loi matches may fall. Thezbars 1 are braced and spaced at intervals by collars A5 to Whieh they are bolted or otherwise suitablysecured.. lMounted upon a suitable Stande orupon the tableot the filling and sliding machine, are bearing'brackets 7 having bearings 8 in which l'is mounteda lshaft 9 having keyed to it and carrying' a. segmental or fan-shaped vfeed member 1Q ,provided With an arcuate rim 11, having mounted 1n Vsuitable bearings 12,' theirev on pivoted ,pusher pla-tes `131.13?,13c and 13d which rest against and are limited 1in move mentl in one direction by stops 14 preferably formed integral With the rim `11. e

ided"withv an The `feed member is vprov adjustable countervveight"l 15, whereby in 'lits oscillatory or swinging movement it' maybe member 10 by means of an arm 16 keyed to the shaft)v and connected :by means of 'an adjustable link 17 with crank disk 18 driven by means of asprocket and chaingear 1.9

the drive of' the filling 'and slidingmachine'. l

At suitable `intervals in the guidevva'y, "I

mount latch membersQO, 20 `and"20c,pivdted at 21 in suitable bearing'mem'ber's Q Qandpro vided With ai1ns `2 3'to s"prings21l connected-to any suitable station- `1rr ary .part of the guidevvay, as .sh'ovvitl movemcnt'of the latch menibers toward the The interior of ythe' guidevvay 'is ip limited xbv'means l of adjustable stops arranged .to limit the lim movement of thearmsf23 underthefintluen'ce of theirv springs 24.

v.Will cause the plate 1 3,l acting upon its pivot 12 to ride over the first boX in line, drop be-V khind such box, and then being arrested-by its stop 14 advance the box to a position ber upon its return oscillation will cause thel plate 13b to ride over the box held by the stop 26 and Will causev the plate 13a to pick up another box from the point 2,an'd then upon the next forward oscillation of the feed mem ber, the first boxgwill be moved to a position v Where it isengaged. andl held by the latch member a'and' the second box is advanced Y toa position'to be held by the stop 26. The

next return oscillation of .the feed member Will cause the plate 13b to ride. over the boxyheld bythe stop 'member 26l and pick up f this box,` will cause Vthe pusher plate 13 to past this ,latchmember 20c will cause those ride over the box held by the latch member v20a and Will cause the ,pusher plate 13a to pickup anpaddition'al box at the point 2, and then upon the next forward movement of to a position past the latch member 2Ob in y which position it is held thereby, the second box will be moved past the latch member 2Oa and heldv thereby, and the third box Will be moved past the stop member 26. This progressive picking up and advancing of boxes in thel guideway continues Vso long as boxes are fed to the point 2 and oscillation is im' .parted to the fan-shaped feed member, and

when the boxes have accumulated in the guide'Wa-y to a point Where they are held by the latch member 20., additional boxes fed i Y aheadiof'it to beadvanced a distance equal Vto the width: of a box, and ,continued adV vancement step-by-step of boxes of matches in this manner ywill cause these boxes of,

matches to be discharged one by one from thedischarge end 4 of the guideway and rupon the conveyor belt b.

It Will thus be seen that I vprovide an ele-V vator ortransferring device of. exceedinglyk 4simple construction and few parts, which is not apt to become broken` or inoperative, and

jwhich,.moreover, Will function properly so Y. long as power is app-lied to it and boxesare ff'guideway.y y Y v,1; Various changes in details of constructionv vandinarrangeme'nt of parts .are contemplated fed yto the point2 at which they 'ente-rr the as'within the spirit of the invention andthe scope ofA the following claims.

What I claim is 1'. fIn anfelevator or 'trans ver device, an

arcuate guidevvay adapted to receive articles tobe transferred and provided with an exltension ending-in adischarge" opening' for said articles, a segmental feed meinberpivf 'ot-ally mounted with respect to saidfguidevvay A and carrying pusher membersarrangedl for cooperation With the articles in said guides Way to impart a step-by-step transfer moveabout its pivot, and means carried by said nient thereto,means for` imparting an oscil- 'Y i latory movement tosaid segmental member guideway for holding said articles in aidvanced Vposition during their stepby-step member, said articles as they are advanced in said guideway piling one behind "the other fmovement upon oscillation of said segmental and finally dropping one by one from said discharge end.`

y2.. In an elevator'or transfer device, an'

p n n otally mounted with respect to said vguidevvay 'the feed member the first box Will be moved an oscillatory movement to said segmental member'about its pivot, and latch members carried by 4said guideWay for holding said articles infv advanced positions; during Vtheir fstep-,by-step movement uponosoillation of said segmental member,'saidfarticles as they are advanced in said guideWay. piling onebehind the other and .finally'droppinglone byv v one from said rdischarge end.

3. In an elevatorcr transfer device, an

arcuate guideway adapted to receive articles tobe transferred andprovided With an exsaid articles, a segmental feed ffnemberV pivranged for cooperation with` the articles" in tension ending in Ya"discharge opening vfor Y said guideivay to imparta step-by-step transf fer movement thereto,l means forV imparting an oscillatory movement' to saidfsegmentalj lmember about its pivot, and spring 'latch members carried by said guidevvay'for lholding said articles in'advanced position' *duringr their step-by-step movement upon oscilla?" tion of said segmental 'inembengsaid articles Aas they are advanced insaidlguideway piling one behind the other andv finally dropping one by' one from'said discharge end.

In testimony whereofH Ihavejhereunto set my hand this 19th dayof'NovjAQD, c

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